Hostel Drama

It's day 333 of documenting 2025.

32 days to 2026!

It's the weekend! 😄

It may seem like I'm excited, but not so much...

The only good thing is the fact that I don't have to go anywhere today.

And then, some hostel drama.

By hostel drama, I mean the mandatory "clean up" exercise they made us go through this morning.

As early as 6:30 am!

Then after we were done...probably an hour later, we were asked to stand in line for what felt like two hours.

Just for us to write our names down!

You know?

I didn't sleep well last night.

More like, I didn't sleep at all....was just wide-eyed till 4am in the morning.

I finally dozed off by then, and was woken up one hour later.

Man! I was so tired that I dozed off while standing in line.

After they finally got down our names down, I went to my room upstairs and got to my main chore for the day.

Washing the bathroom.

According to the cleaning rooster, it's my week to do so, and I did it well, I assure you.

It wasn't so hard tho...

Afterwards, I swept and mopped the room...then proceeded to fetching water for storage and got to washing my bedsheet, pillow cover and towel wrapper.

I'm done with all that now.

Haven't done my main laundry yet, but I'll work on it.

Probably this evening...

So far, the afternoon is going great.

I decided to type this post first before going online for the first time today.

I just want it to get done ✅

Speaking of done, the 365-day book we've been highlighting is also coming to an end.

After that...what next?

I'm not so sure at the moment.

I may stop this blog, and just keep the posts as a keepsake, for when I may need it in the future.

That's the essence of documenting.

Alright...the highlights for today.

And as usual, I share my take and then I'll end the post.

Nothing to add or subtract there...

365 Days With Self-discipline

📌 On Happiness as a Duty

"It is our duty to be happy.

Why? Because our moods and happiness or unhappiness are catching. 

They inevitably infect other people. 

When we are happy we make other people happy, especially the people closest to us, physically, at home, at work, socially; and even people we speak to on the phone, online, or by email.

And, vitally important, there is the multiplier effect. 

I am happy, I make you happier, you make them happier, they make yet other people — whom you may never know — happier. 

The effect is incalculable, and it is always large. 

The same is true in reverse when you are miserable. So time spent being miserable is antisocial. 

Stop it now! Relax, change your mood, be happy, and make the world hum rather than shudder."

Quote by Richard Koch

Just like you need self-discipline to become fitter, save money, learn a

foreign language, or keep your house clean, so you need it to become and remain happy.

As we’ve already discussed, in some ways, being a negative person is being a lazy person. 

It takes more work to think positive thoughts, so we choose to feel unhappy because it’s an easier state to access; we could just as well invest some energy and feel good.

Whether you’re happy or not wouldn’t mean much for your goals if it weren’t for the fact that a positive attitude is one of the keys to accomplishment.

It makes you believe that you can achieve the impossible, boosts your courage, and keeps you going when you’re hit with one difficulty after another.

Consequently, you need to work on happiness, just like on any other important aspect of a self-disciplined life. 

If you find it challenging to put yourself in a good mood, think of happiness as a moral duty. 

You owe it to your loved ones and strangers to be happy because your mood — to a smaller or a larger extent — will infect them.

When you have the flu, you don’t deliberately go to crowded places or sneeze near your loved ones; you try your best not to infect them.

Why would happiness be any different? Exert some self-discipline to think happy thoughts and eradicate the bad mood. 

It’s within your control to feel great or miserable.

Strive to infect others with happiness, not sadness. 

A great side effect is that the happier you make other people, the easier it will be to remain happy yourself.

Aww ☺️

Reading this makes me happy!

It's such a wonderful state to be in...because it's also a kind of grace that comes from God.

Why won't I be happy?

I'm alive, healthy and blessed with a loving family, although we're apart now...

I'm also blessed with the opportunity to study the course of my choice.

I'm more than happy...

I'm grateful 🥲

Most especially because I don't deserve any of it.

But sweet Jesus saved me and I'm always trying everyday to live for him.

When I falter, His grace leads me back.

One more thing....

One of my roommates were surprised when she heard that I'm 21 years of age.

She said I look so young, like a 16 year old, because of my small body stature and baby face.

You know what?

When people hear how old I am, they're like "what?" 🤨

Most especially because I look waaay younger than my age.

I thank God for this youthfulness.

I've probably said this before and I'll say it again: everything that I am and all I will ever be is by God's grace 😌

That's the truth.

I think that would be all for today's documentation.

Thanks for reading 🎀

You can catch up on former posts by visiting the main website, Documenting 2025.

See you in the next post 💜